Considering recent discount on RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business decision what to play next was easy. Original RoboCop was loyal to original movie. This time story moved forward. In my opinion this stand alone datadisc provides changing gameplay dynamic with interesting environment and not so boring side quests. In sum for offered price (99 CZK) it provide great experience and I can recommend it to anyone who likes FPS. For full price it would be average game, luckily not boring. There are some new game mechanics, so if you liked original game, this could be good choice for you.

Unhinged, Oct 25 (Netflix)-Its a short interactive experience, more like a proof of concept than a full-fledged narrative. It wasn't really scary and the phone controls were a little clunky but with some more polishing this type of concept could work. I might try the Conjuring one later.


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Butterfly Soup, Oct 27 (Itch)-Coming of age visual novel for several girls in the late aughts. It was well written and pretty relatable for someone growing up in that rough timeframe. It ended rather abruptly though. It felt like this should have been the first couple of chapters of a longer narrative. There is a sequel so maybe I'll check it out.

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The Conjuring Unspoken, Oct 29 (Netflix)-It's like Unhinged but better in nearly every way, It's got better gameplay, story, controls, slightly better graphics, and about even voice acting. It's a more fleshed out experience that takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. I don't know anything about The Conjuring franchise and i had a good time. It's made by Supermassive so if you like things like Until Dawn it might be worth a playthru. I think it was possible to get a slightly better ending but that's ok.

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Marauder (Steam)

Also called Man of Prey in Europe, I think Marauder is its name for America. This is some of the best Slavjank I've played...even better than Pathologic maybe. Another game I learnt about in the CRPG book. I was drawn to it because of it's earlier sister game- 7.62 High Calibre and its comparisons to my all time favorite game Jagged Alliance 2.

Whilst 7.62 is pretty much a literal JA2, but Russian and with RTWP combat, I started with Marauder because it has much the same combat system but in gritty linear survival campaign with canned levels. I thought it would be a better way to learn a system that is noted for having a high learning curve.

Well, I think it worked. After a very slow start I really got into it and it now joins some of my favorites. This is the best tactical combat sim out there. It breaks weapons down to such detail as the fraction of a second it takes to ready them to the shoulder or fire from the hip. There are no simplifications like broad over watch mechanics...in this game if you can ready your weapon the fastest..you'll probably shoot the other guy before he shoots you.

But..yes, this absolutely is also Slavjank (that's a genre by the way). The game is janky and rough...it only goes up to 1080p- and even that requires a patch or edit of the ini file. The English translation is of the "so bad it's funny" category. It's supposed to be crash prone...but I only had crashes in the final mission for some reason. It has very little story, yet I like it...NATO are the bad guys for a change! None of it matters because the game is great and feels like it's made by a small group of programmers making the type of game they love. And tactical squad games are also the games that I love the most.

Can't wait to get to 7.62 High Calibre. Incidentally, I wonder why this game isn't on GOG when the developers other two games are?

Fallout 2

with restoration patch

went full guns blazing with team into oil rig. gave me 4 levels. ended the game at level 34 (last one was just right at the end killing horrigan)

deleted the game immediately so im not tempted to go back and explore the wastelands getting the bible.